The Ammassalik Eskimo. 449 
illustråtions in a special section of the work, at the end (in the original 
edition on plates). I ‚consider my description of the ethnography of 
the Ammassalik Eskimo (Section VII) as an extension of the brief notes 
appended by Horn to his plates. Here, where I had a mass of illustra- 
tive material drawn from several different collections, I preferred to 
distribute the figures throughout the text, grouping them, of course, 
according to a natural classification. 
When Hr. THOMSEN observes (р. 384) that “Horm’s treatise appears 
no longer as an independent work, but as an appendix” he is following 
a very devious train of thought; Horm’s pioneer work could never be 
regarded by any sensible scientist as an appendix, either to my book 
or to any other. If either of the two should be designated as an appen- 
dix, it must be mine; even here, however, the term would be incor- 
rect, since my description forms a natural continuation of HoLm's, and is an 
independent contribution. In this the treatment of HoLm's ethnographical 
material has been supplemented by other matter from the same locality 
or from the neighbouring coast region to the south; I made a selection 
to the best of my judgment from the private collections or museums 
to which I had access. Had I omitted these collections, (other than 
Horm’s and Amprup’s) my description would have been incomplete. 
Thanks to my selection of the ethnographical material, vhe new 
edition of Horm’s famous book is now accompanied by augmented and 
more modern illustrations of the material culture of Ammassalik. It 
is obviously an advantage, that it also includes some specimens of the 
culture of the southern East Coast, which is so nearly allied to that of 
Ammassalik, even though the Museum inventory cannot furnish exact 
information in each particular case as to the locality on the East Coast 
whence these 16 specimens are derived. In a description of the culture of 
South-East Greenland, however, it is of minor importance to know the 
year and locality of origin of these articles, the more so since all are from 
the time previous to Ногм’; expedition up along the East Coast. Ninety- 
nine percent of my illustrations are from the higher region of this cul- 
ture, the fjords of Ammassalik and Sermilik, and the remainder from 
the neighbouring tract of coast to the south. The Museum critic might 
have spared himself the carping remarks as to my illustrations having 
been “drawn from different collections varying considerably in point 
of time and place”. The strength of my work has at any rate suffered 
nothing from this particular fact. 
Treatment of the Museum Material. 
р. 385—88. — The reason why I did not make use of the Museum 
inventory lists has been shown in the foregoing (p. 440). I can have 
but little pleasure in expressing my thanks for information received 
seven years too late. 
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